278 pages
Polish language
Published May 4, 2010 by Albatros Andrzej Kuryłowicz.
Pięć subtelnych opowiadań psychologicznych, połączonych uniwersalnymi tematami - miłości, muzyki i nieubłaganego upływu czasu. Oblewane łagodnym światłem zakątki Wenecji, mieszkanie w gwarnym Londynie, sala w ekskluzywnym hotelu w Beverly Hills stają się sceną wydarzeń, na której pojawiają się kolejne postacie.
This quintet ranges from Italian piazzas to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood hotel. Along the way we meet young dreamers, café musicians and faded stars, all at some moment of reckoning.
mostly just a very pleasant read, lots of lovely moments and some that made me laugh a lot. doubles as meditations on art both as a practice and as a social world. was genuinely helpful for me in breaking down some bad thinking around my art practice.
Completely subjective, but while well-written, none of these stories grabbed me. I didn't feel invested in the characters, and each story relied on a unsatisfying plot twist. It was also odd how all the protagonists in the five stories were men, and each largely oriented around a relational conflict of some sort with a woman.
